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they want to know their tax base is going to be for next year. they want to know what capital gains rates are going to be. you know, all those things. do you think that really is what could end the log jam for a lot of small investors out there to get them back into the market again? >> i think that would certainly help. i think we will get through this election with a lot of uncertainty. just on the oh side of the election, it seems likely that everybody's incentives will change and congress will go to work on some of the worst parts of the fiscal cliff. i think that could engender a lot of confidence and some re-entry by retail investors. >> all right, dick. good to see you. thank you for joining us. have a good conference tomorrow. >> thank you very much. >> you got it. >> we'll see you soon, dick. >> head of janus. all right, heading toward the close here. 18 minutes left. we're coming off the lows, down 48 points on the dow. >> remember when president obama said this -- >> somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we h
they want to know their tax base is going to be for next year. they want to know what capital gains rates are going to be. you know, all those things. do you think that really is what could end the log jam for a lot of small investors out there to get them back into the market again? >> i think that would certainly help. i think we will get through this election with a lot of uncertainty. just on the oh side of the election, it seems likely that everybody's incentives will change and...
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lowest corporate taxes or among the highest corporate taxes in america? >> i'm -- >> highest corporate taxes in america right now, right? >> highest corporate tax rate in the world right now. >> it's not that much higher than our competitors. in fact, it's lower than many competitors. stop talking about the rates. >> that's not true. >> we know it's mislead. it's effective tax burden on corporations, which is well in line with our european and asian competitors. >> isn't it true that small businesses, which of course as we all know are the real creators of jobs, will pay the ordinary income tax? if you're going to raise ordinary income tax on people making more than $200,000, that's going to hit small businesses and choke off that part of the job creation. >> that's right, maria. the top individual tax rate have a huge amount of small business income. if romney would cut the top individual rate from 35 to 25%, for example -- >> which would help small business. >> small businesses would be benefitted by that. >> bill, that's something john thain said, the
lowest corporate taxes or among the highest corporate taxes in america? >> i'm -- >> highest corporate taxes in america right now, right? >> highest corporate tax rate in the world right now. >> it's not that much higher than our competitors. in fact, it's lower than many competitors. stop talking about the rates. >> that's not true. >> we know it's mislead. it's effective tax burden on corporations, which is well in line with our european and asian...
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are definitely better than higher taxes. i don't dispute that. nobody disputes that. all else isn't equal. if you finance those tax cuts for the rich with huge amounts of debt as george w. bush did and as mitt romney is proposing, you're going to end up with slower growth. that's what we've got over the last ten years. there's no reason to believe any different. >> with we certainly have that over the last three years. >> exactly. >> let me ask you this, diana. >> pause, pause, pause. timeout. when the president took office, the economy was contracting by 9% annual. it's now growing. don't tell me the economy is growing slower than when the president took office. that's not true. >> in the last year and the year before. the last three years is what i'm referring to. >> the last three years we've had growth. i agree the growth hasn't been strong enough. >> right. diana, do you think we could see a 75% tax rate here if, in fact, the president gets re-elected? would what's happening in france carry over here? is it the same ide
are definitely better than higher taxes. i don't dispute that. nobody disputes that. all else isn't equal. if you finance those tax cuts for the rich with huge amounts of debt as george w. bush did and as mitt romney is proposing, you're going to end up with slower growth. that's what we've got over the last ten years. there's no reason to believe any different. >> with we certainly have that over the last three years. >> exactly. >> let me ask you this, diana. >> pause,...
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and they're going to see higher taxes. that's a lump of coal for any anniversary. rather than focus on the negatives in alcoa, focus on the fact they have asian exposure, european exposure. focus on the positives. financial engineering is back in this market. some of the parts for a company like alcoa exceed the value. >> you're making excuses for alcoa even before the ceo comes on. i like that. bob, what do you make of the action? put it in perspective, five years compared to now. >> the dow jones industrial average went from 1500 to 750. that was cut in half. that certainly was a disaster. >> you mean the s&p? >> the s&p, excuse me, bill. nonetheless, bottom line is holding on from that point to here, you can say, yeah, does buy and hold still work? that's what everybody's interested in. i think the evidence is it certainly does, but you have to have long periods of time to look at it. i'm not so impressed that we're not anywhere where we were 12 years ago. if you invested on a regular basis from now through the bottom, i think you'll find you have not done so ba
and they're going to see higher taxes. that's a lump of coal for any anniversary. rather than focus on the negatives in alcoa, focus on the fact they have asian exposure, european exposure. focus on the positives. financial engineering is back in this market. some of the parts for a company like alcoa exceed the value. >> you're making excuses for alcoa even before the ceo comes on. i like that. bob, what do you make of the action? put it in perspective, five years compared to now....
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that debt forgiveness is tax free. again, thanks to congress passing a tax relief act on short sales back in 2007. a congressional committee estimates that will cost close to $1 billion in lost revenue to the government. now, given that relief and the fact that banks are really pushing these short sales and doing themselves, the question is, do we really need government to keep funding these short sales, maria? >> diana, these are the questions we'll keep following. thanks so much. they ask, should the government get out of the housing business altogether? rick santelli thinks so. jason says this isn't the time to kill these programs. rick, make the case. >> well, my case is why doesn't the government just buy them all, all the houses that are out there in foreclosure, vacant, bulldoze them down, give the tax bill to future generations, boom. housing fix. just because it's expedient doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. what, we're going to give them a break on their principle and their income tax? the government ne
that debt forgiveness is tax free. again, thanks to congress passing a tax relief act on short sales back in 2007. a congressional committee estimates that will cost close to $1 billion in lost revenue to the government. now, given that relief and the fact that banks are really pushing these short sales and doing themselves, the question is, do we really need government to keep funding these short sales, maria? >> diana, these are the questions we'll keep following. thanks so much. they...
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there are other things, marketing, taxes, things like that. we don't know the cause but we know one thing, the oil companies fully integrated make more money when the price of gasoline is higher. so, it's certainly more than coincidental that the price of gasoline stays higher longer than the price of oil. there's no evidence to show that there's something -- that there's a legitimate effort by oil companies to keep gasoline prices higher. it is certainly suspicious and certainly profitable for the oil companies. >> sterling, what's going to get gas prices down? that's all people care about. they keep hearing oil prices are going down, yet they drive to the pump and pay $4.50 or $5 a gallon? >> well, you can work three end of it. you can work it, supply. you can work on demand. and we're doing both of those. and you can work it volatility, which is a huge, huge factor. as i said, gas -- most of the retailers in my area are independent retailers. they don't lock in long-term or can't lock in long-term oil/gasoline contracts. >> but how much --
there are other things, marketing, taxes, things like that. we don't know the cause but we know one thing, the oil companies fully integrated make more money when the price of gasoline is higher. so, it's certainly more than coincidental that the price of gasoline stays higher longer than the price of oil. there's no evidence to show that there's something -- that there's a legitimate effort by oil companies to keep gasoline prices higher. it is certainly suspicious and certainly profitable for...
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liz: lowering taxes improve the picture is what i am hearing you say. thank you for joining us. david riley of sovereign rating saying the triple the-credit rating for spain will remain the same even if they ask for a bailout plan. we are 16 minutes from the closing bell. walmart, target, bed bath and beyond. the want to get a read on their health? head to cleveland where real-estate investment trust td are which focuses on value oriented shopping malls coming up. we are talking to corp.'s ceo, daniel her when on whether the commercial real-estate is keeping up with the housing recovery. he has 1 twenty million square feet of it. stay tuned. agree window. liz: we are live at cleveland's rock-and-roll hall of fame and open for business. fox business focusing great american cities with business stories. you own stock in values force like wal-mart and target. want to know how they are doing? look no further than read which focuses on value oriented shopping malls. dan hurwitz is the ceo of this publicly traded company. stock is up 39%. business must be good. >> business is good and
liz: lowering taxes improve the picture is what i am hearing you say. thank you for joining us. david riley of sovereign rating saying the triple the-credit rating for spain will remain the same even if they ask for a bailout plan. we are 16 minutes from the closing bell. walmart, target, bed bath and beyond. the want to get a read on their health? head to cleveland where real-estate investment trust td are which focuses on value oriented shopping malls coming up. we are talking to corp.'s ceo,...
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three other big economic issues they're going to be talking about, first of all, on taxes. mitt romney hasosed a 20% across the board rate cut for individuals, but he hasn't specified how he's going to pay for that without increasing the deficit or increasing the burden on middle and low-income workers. president obama will press him on that. by the same token, p obama says he wants to cut the corporate rate from 35 to 28. he hasn't specified how he's going to pay for that. on jobs, you can expect to hear mitt romney talk about on net since january 2009 when barack obama took office, hardly any jobs created. barack obama will talk about a time line beginning in early 2010. since then, 4 million private sector jobs have been created. finally, medicare, the big issue threatening go bankrupt the budget long term. mitt romney is proposing a substantial change that would include vouchers. he hasn't said how much they'd grow over time. president obama has not said whether or not he's going to propose the same kind of changes like raising the eligibility age for medicare that he t
three other big economic issues they're going to be talking about, first of all, on taxes. mitt romney hasosed a 20% across the board rate cut for individuals, but he hasn't specified how he's going to pay for that without increasing the deficit or increasing the burden on middle and low-income workers. president obama will press him on that. by the same token, p obama says he wants to cut the corporate rate from 35 to 28. he hasn't specified how he's going to pay for that. on jobs, you can...